Diamond Multimedia Diamond Viper ATI Radeon HD 2900XT (1GB) Review
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April 8th, 2008
Summary
Diamond's Viper HD 2900XT is a magnificent beast. A 700 million-transistor processing powerhouse, a technology statement and dream come true for enthusiast gamers hungry for the fastest GPU ever made. Featuring a 2nd generation unified shader architecture, massive processing power and an unprecedented 512-bit GDDR4 memory interface, HD 2900XT will deliver astonishing performance and the richest feature-set yet for a big ultra-high definition gaming experience with all of the bells and whistles turned up to the max. HD 2900XT is quite simply a ticket to the future of PC gaming.
Specs
Features at a glance
Plug-and-play CrossFire support
Dynamic Game Computing Technology
320 Unified Stream Processors
512-bit memory interface
High-speed 128-bit-HDR (High Dynamic Range) rendering
Physics processing support
Up to 24X Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
Native PCI Express® x16 bus interface
512-bit GDDR4 memory interface
High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering
Superscalar unified shader architecture
ATI Avivo HD Video and Display Technology
Built-in HDMI with Multi-channel 5.1 surround audio
Dual dual-link DVI with full resolution HDCP support
HD video playback
Dual 30-bpp display processors
CATALYST Software Drivers
Windows Vista™ 3D environment Support
HDTV Support
Specifications
ASIC: R600
Core Clock: 743 MHZ
Bus Type: PCI Express x16
Memory Size: 1024 MB
Memory Configuration: 16Mx32 GDDR4
Memory Interface: 512-Bit
Memory Speed: 1100 Mhz
Display Formats: x2 Dual Link DVI + HDTV-out with VIVO* (HDMI support through dongle)